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• jpablo68@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Mine. I can’t stop…

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• ulterno@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I had for a while. Not that bad though.
  Then I started cooking for myself.

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Aahhh, plucking my fingers. It’s so ingrained in my head that there is some special separate process (that I don’t control) in my brain taking care of this.

  My wife will slap my hands when I do it because I asked her to help me stop it but even when in my head I’m like “stop. It. Now.” then one hand just moves to the other and starts plucking and I’m like “wtf, I said stop!”

  The one thing that I’ve noticed that helps is prayer beads. I’m atheist, but they work wonders to occupy that little process in my head, I redirect all it’s attention to those beads and so with one hand I’m moving the beads one click forward every half second or so all day long. That works!

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  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Cover each of the tips of your fingers with a bandaid. It will stop you from biting them. Replace as needed. If you remove the bandaid so you can bite them, you have a psychological issue you need to address, usually stress related.

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  • Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ooh I know a fun fact about this one.

    In Turkey carrying prayer beads in public means you are part of a gang. Similar to certain tattooos and hats in other countries.

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• Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah. I rock climb as my job basically, and I finger health is in the bin most of the time…

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• M137@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not since I was in my early 20s, and it seems like it’s more common with young people.

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Young skin,
    dry and thin

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    • yabai@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Kids these days with their thin skin… Smh

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• rachiedoubt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lol yeah. I stopped biting my nails and cuticles when Covid started, but now i just pick the shit out of my cuticles

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• DimFisher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I used to chew the skin from my finger nails a lot as a kid, not much nowdays, but still do sometimes, I doesn’t happen on its own

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I can’t believe nobody has suggested vitamin D deficiency. One person suggested vitamin deficiency and sure it may be more than just vitamin D, but vitamin D deficiency can make your skin dry. Specially the genitalia areas. Also you might have issues sleeping, bone density, teeth decay, ridges on your nails etc.

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  • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Isn’t that just people biting their fingers?

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• slingstone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Am I not the only one? Most people I’ve heard of eat their nails. I’m the only one I’ve ever known who chews on his cuticles.

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• Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Since I can remember. Why does this happen?

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  • Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Something is wrong

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    • Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      oh woah

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    • h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Very wrong.

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• leonjhm7788@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Interesting how much people don’t understand. So for u normies, non autistic people here: NO , the skin doesn’t get like that by its own, it’s not moisture, cream or anything, it’s just we can’t stop messing with our thingers and constantly damage the border of nails like that.

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  • Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Cringe

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    just to be clear: not all autistic people do this

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• BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No! Never! What the hell causes that? Is it a dry skin thing? Looks painful and disturbing.

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  • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Compulsive skin picking. I wish I could stop, but I can’t.

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  • nekbardrun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For me it is biting and chewing the skin around.

    When it bleeds I also drink the blood.

    Yes, I’m a vampiric who selfcanibalizes myself.

    One day I will evolve to Ouroboros

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• crawlspace@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How did you get that photo of my hand?

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• Yukily@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The story of my life…

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• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I did until like a week ago.

  I’d had enough as they hurt and wasn’t getting better, I do a lot of rock climbing so the chalk makes the issue worse, plus I have not been doing great mentally so diet and hydration was awful.

  What I did:

  • Bought some Nails Inc Cuticle Oil (I am male, but it works). You just add a bit and rub it in. I now use this most days and definitely after climbing.
  • I know that with a poor diet I am likely missing vitamins as some of my nails had lines down them. I take a cheap multi vitamin everyday.
  • I am conscious to drink more water, although I already drink 2-3liter a day.
  • I am making plans to improve my eating habits as I get decision fatigue and really just don’t eat enough. Think I’ve been alive too long that food is just meh at this point. But I went climbing yesterday on hardly anything and felt incredibly sick.

  My nails are better now. My mental health not so much but one step at a time.

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  • camelbeard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Comment to find this back later! I’m over 40 and just accepted my hands being fucked up as part of life.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Here is the current progress. The first one is from 2nd May and the second is today. You can see there has been significant improvement and they are not sore anymore.

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  • aubertlone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You gave me fairly panic with that nail lines constant and I just had to go look it up.

    No, nails having lines going down them is not necessarily a sign of vitamin deficiency. Turns out that the majority of the time it’s completely harmless and a sign of aging. Both index fingers and my right middle finger have a very faint dark line going from cuticle tip.

    Your mileage may vary, IDK about your personal diet etc. just wanted to chime in about the nails thing

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    • s23b@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Dark lines going down on nails could also be a sign of subungual melanoma, so you might want to check for that.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Interesting. Thanks and sorry for scaring you.

      I would note that mine are on a single nail and less lines and more defined ridges where you can run another nail over and feel it bumping across.

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    • tomenzgg@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah; when those lines are horizontal – though –, you may want to worry. But vertically, usually not.

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  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I didn’t know about the nail ridges-vitamin deficiency thing until my lady told me recently, makes sense. She got me a case of the ensure plus for extra calories to supplement through the day and it does help. Eat some veggies, get some sunlight, maybe go to a shelter and walk some dogs. Hopefully the physical elevates the mental, I’m in a similar spot and hope you get feeling better internet stranger 👍

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thank you for this.

      I already do plenty of walking as if I didn’t I don’t think I’d be here honestly. I might look into ensure as I’ve had them from the doctor when my diet has been poor in the past.

      Don’t know if you’re the same but life’s like a rollercoaster man. One minute I’m doing good and mentally happy the next I can’t get out of bed and off YouTube.

      It’s like I’m just passing as much time as possible with no end goal in mind. Just death at the end.

      Sorry for being dark.

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  • LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m positive 95% of your results came just from drinking more water. when your hands look like the picture, it’s almost definitely because you’re chronically dehydrated.

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    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think the vitamin deficiency is more likely, I have similar issues. Lived in Phoenix for years and had a water bottle on hand all the time, it’s a part of the bigger picture but not the main driver I’d surmise.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I am not so sure. As I said in the post I drink a lot of water.

      So I wake up and have a cup of tea and for evening meal I have a can of Pepsi. Everything else in the day is just water and never less than 1.5 litres.

      For me at least I think it was the climbing chalk and poor eating habits so lacking vitamins. I guess I’ll never truly know and it’s good advice to be hydrated.

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  • PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is very relatable. Can I ask you about your age? I’m 35 and struggling with eating enough my whole life.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m early 40’s. Never really had a big appetite and just saw food as a means to not die, but things are untenable right now.

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• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I used to get this all the time. Now, if I get a hangnail, I liberally drench my hands in lotion, and put on nitrile gloves for an hour or so to force it to soak in.

  A family friend gets me Gojo Hand Medic, which my fragile masculinity appreciates.

  I also found it works well for breaking in leather work gloves.

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• random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I did, till I started using soaps without SLS compounds.

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  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s a shame that every sink in every public toilets, workplace toilets or other people’s house still has soap with Sodium Laureth Sulphate in. Even the products that say “gentle on skin” tend to be full of the stuff.

    I tried various moisturisers for years with not a lot of effect. Swapping my soap, shower gel and shampoo for ones without SLS in them really made such a difference, and so quickly.

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• WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Such is the nature of my work. Is that what caused this?

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• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  no?? you just have massive bloody spots where skin is missing and didn’t have a problem with it?

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• Flying_Dutch_Rudder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hand lotion and learn how to give yourself a manicure. 5 minutes a week and your hands will thank you.

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• dan69@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The clean hands club!!

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• Tracaine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yes but I have acral deciduous skin syndrome.

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• DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fuck you.

  Just fuck you and quick attacking me

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  • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Go rinse them fingertips in vinegar.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My fingernails and cuticles are hella fucked up. 😩

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  • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s … normal

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• gruvn@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t know - those fingernails and cuticles look way better than mine!

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• digger@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m not going to tell you how long I looked at this, expecting to find loss or Saddam Hussein.

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  • residentmarchant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My first thought was “holding a dick” then I went to these memes

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    • funkajunk@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s a girthy dick

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• El_guapazo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You need something with hydrocortisone to soothe. Not just a lotion

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• rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I find just snipping off the skin tags with clippers keeps it from going too far.

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  • Syltti@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is precisely what I do. Every few days or so.

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  • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s like wiping your nose until it’s a bloody stump. Your hands are falling apart because they’re dry. Moisturize!

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    • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure. That works preventatively. Once you have the peeling, best to clip and sanitize.

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  • philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The problem is they’re never around when I need them 🙃

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    • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, no kidding. I bought several so they’re usually nearby. If I chew on them, it’s game over, angry red swelling for a few days. I can usually hold off pong enough to get to the clippers. Usually.

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If having lotion in your hands makes you uncomfortable, try just dabbing a tiny bit on the the backs of your fingernails and rubbing them against each other to spread it only on your cuticles. No slimy fingerpads or palms, and it really helps.

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If having lotion in your hands makes you uncomfortable, try just putting a

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  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Augh, I’m okay but so embarrassed!

      Just gonna add, you can use a stick of lip balm on cuticles!

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